To a historian libraries are food, shelter, and even muse.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Barbara Tuchman
To Tennessee Williams, children were ‘no…
To Tennessee Williams, children were ‘no-neck monsters,’ while William Wordsworth apotheosized the newborn infant as a ‘Mighty Prophet Seer Blest’ Most adults know the truth is somewhere in between.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Eloise Salholz
To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks…
To St. Paul, stripes, stones, shipwrecks, and thorns in the flesh were religious experiences to Judas Iscariot, the daily companionship of Jesus of Nazareth was not.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Leonard Hodgson
To be 70 years young is sometimes far mo…
To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Oliver Wendell Holmes
To avoid situations in which you might m…
To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Peter McWilliams
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say noth…
To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Elbert Hubbard
To attract good fortune, spend a new coi…
To attract good fortune, spend a new coin on an old friend, share an old pleasure with a new friend, and lift up the heart of a true friend by writing his name on the wings of a dragon.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Chinese Proverb
To attempt to be religious without pract…
To attempt to be religious without practicing a specific religion is as possible as attempting to speak without a specific language.
Quote, saying and phrase by: George Santayana
To ask the hard question is simple….
To ask the hard question is simple.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Wystan Hugh Auden
To appreciate nonsense requires a seriou…
To appreciate nonsense requires a serious interest in life.
Quote, saying and phrase by: Frank Gelett Burgess